几个俚语的含义

俚语是一种非正规的口语表达形式，是特定人群的表达方式，这里列举几个美国俚语的用法。

它丰富多彩的隐喻往往简洁、诙谐，人们经常赋予了俚语特有的味道。因此，俚语不仅包括单词，还包括在特定社会语境中以特殊方式使用的单词。

Eye-popping – fantastic, astonishing 好极了

The New York Times had an eye-popping article this morning.

Chicken – a coward懦夫

You’re a chicken, Tom!

Couch potato – people who watching T.V all day电视迷

You are such a couch potato on weekends.

Ball – a good time美好时光

We had a ball at the party last night.

Croak – to die 死去

She married a millionaire just about to croak.

Neat – excellent 完美的

Your house is always so neat– how do you manage it with three children?

Nuts – crazy, mad疯狂的

She’s beautiful. I’m nutsabout her.

Big guns – powerful, influenced people有权有势的人

Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some otherbig guns.

Cruising – going at a high speed 高速巡航

We fly at a cruisingspeed of 500 mph.

Deck – hit some on the face打脸

Do that again and I’ll deckyou.

Deep pockets – having a lot of money 拥有大量金钱

They’re looking for someone with deep pockets to pay for the research.

Dinosaur – something or someone is very old 形容非常古董的

The Health Service has become a dinosaur. It needs radical reform if it is to survive.

Airhead – a foolish/ dumb person傻瓜

Boy, that salesman was the biggest airheadI’ve ever seen.

Idiot box – the television 指代电视

Phil has been staring at the idiot box all afternoon.

Ditch – leave, abandon something放弃

Let’s ditchschool today.

Guts – courage or boldness勇气

Barbara hasn’t got the gutsto leave her mother.

Go bananas – go crazy变得疯狂

Love is making you go bananas!

Hot – attractive吸引人的

You look so hot in that dress!

John – toilet

I need to meet John, r-i-g-h-t n-o-w!

Peanuts – very little money很少的钱

He gets paid peanutsfor doing that job.

Sucks – awful or unacceptable糟糕的

Life sucks, but worth fighting for.

Mickey mouse – something that does not make sense没有意义的事

It’s only a Mickey Mouse job.

Zero – an unimportant person不重要的人

He is a zero in his family.

Crap – worthless thing or a lie废话或谎言

You’re talking a load of crap!

Crash – sleep睡觉

I just want to crashout on the sofa.